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n. - A soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep; A person who has an uncontrollable desire to sleep adj. - Of or relating to an uncontrollable desire to sleep.

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  • June 12, 2007 12:45 PM , narcoleptic brown said...
  • Saying our name slowly just makes you sound narcoleptic.
  • Tremblay's is a noir piece about a narcoleptic detective.
  • July 27, 2008 at 4:59 am narcoleptic kitty is an oxymoron
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